Imagining-It Exhibition...

I took alot of images from this exhibition, some of these pieces were done by friends of mine. Surprisingly I really enjoyed this exhibition, most pieces really interested me, mainly through the techniques and materials that the artists used.
The image above was a close-up of my friends work, Helen Birchall. As I already know her work and what her interests are, her final piece really did her justice, it displayed her interest in systematic grids, pattern and making connections between shapes. On a larger scale Helen's work contained photographs of 3-d shapes that were all connected and joined together using black thread and pins. Helen's exhibition was focused on representing our changing city, using nets in the photographs was incredibly thought out as they could be taken apart and changed to show how our city does change.

Rachael Yeung's work caught my eye because of her colour choice and scale. Rachael used post-it notes to represent sound waves that she had collected from around Manchester. I think her colour of post-it notes was bold but makes the statement of making something usually unseen, clearly visible. The presentation of this piece was limited and simple and the scale was very large making it eye-catching. I like the pattern and structure that Rachael's piece inadvertenly expresses.

The above image is taken from Beth Barrie's exhibition piece. I enjoyed looking at this piece though it's colour and different patterns that were presented through each cylinder. Beth's patterns and colour choices were inspired and based on quantum dots that are visible in television screens. Understanding where the colours and patterns come from if evident in her research but the shapes could have been more adventerous and differ from each other. The presentation of her pieces intrigued me and grabbed my attention, as they were hanging high from the ceiling.

My first reaction to seeing the piece above was that it was stunning! I absolutely love everything about this piece, it's presentation, the materials used and it's colour. This piece was created by Floss Hamm, she used over 2,000 cotton buds creating this and each bud was worth it.

These pieces were created by someone named Pip Pittman, what I found interesting about her work is how she combines stitching with what looks like to be photography. She makes her photography work look like drawings and this fascinates me, adding the stitching was a good way of giving her work more depth aswell as a little colour. She used stitching to make overlooked areas of her photographs to reveal it's significance and to highlight the beautiful markings that we are surrounded by in Manchester,